The aim of this article is to study and show the forms of adaptation to France, to French culture, the attitude of Ossetia and Ossetian culture, illustrating these processes on the example of the history of one Ossetian family in France – the Abatsievs. The author bases her arguments on ethnographic field material and examines some aspects of the socio-political and national-cultural life of the North Caucasian emigrants in France. Mihail Abatsiev was friends with many famous Ossetians, including Gaito Gazdanov and Gappo Baev.

Keywords: France, Ossetia, Abatsievs, Ossetian culture, French culture, emigration, Anyer, Orthodox Church, Sikoev, Sosiev, Gaito Gazdanov, Milyukov, Gappo Baev.

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